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Brownsville Fondly Remembers ‘Jocko’ Jackson

    Greg “Jocko” Jackson, who died of an apparent heart attack earlier this week, was a towering figure in Brownsville and not just because of his stature.   The 6-foot-tall former basketball player, who managed [...]

Eric Adams on the ‘Abuse’ of Stop-and-Frisk

Is the New York Police Department misusing its stop-and-frisk-policy?  New York State Senator Eric L. Adams, a retired police captain who was elected to the state senate in 2006, thinks so.

While Syria Bleeds… [Video]

As the uprising in Syria worsens, the Syrian community in Bay Ridge reflects on the situation with feelings of grief, hope and anger (photos by AP and video footage by AP and YouTube) Produced by [...]

Muslims in Brooklyn: A Community on The Edge

Ten years after 9/11, the Muslim community in Brooklyn has been forced into the public view again in the wake of recent revelations that the NYPD were conducting secret surveillance programs against them. Our reporter [...]

The Anarchivists: Who Owns the Occupy Wall Street Narrative?

On Nov 15, NYPD officers raided Zuccotti Park, and the Occupy Wall Street movement lost its space. Now groups and institutions—including the Smithsonian’s Natural Museum of American History, NYU’s Tamiment Library and the New York Historical Society– are working to enshrine the movement in the form of an archive.

But who, in the end, will get to tell the definitive story?

Brooklyn Congresswoman Not In Favor of Alabama Law

Brooklyn congresswoman Yvette Clarke does not agree with the Alabama immigration law. In fact, she believes it’s “just a step below apartheid.” The congresswoman was one of a dozen lawmakers to go to Alabama to [...]

For Occupy Wall Street, the Honeymoon is Over

It’s been one week since Occupy Wall Street was booted from Zuccotti Park in a pre-dawn raid. But there were already signs that the movement was growing unstable and fragmented.

Slideshow: Arrests at OWS “Day of Action”

Slideshow: OWS Day of Action

LIVE: OWS Evicted From Zuccotti

NYPD have descended upon the Occupy Wall Street camp in Zuccotti Park. The Brooklyn Ink has live coverage from our reporters on the ground and the social media sphere.